Download or read book Human Starpilot written by F Stephan and published by Fabrice Stephan. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2130, Earth ecology is failing fast. Its inhabitants are dying and the governments are hard pressed to contain the disaster. So when an Alien Federation suddenly contacts Earth and offers assistance, everyone jumps on it. There are further surprises: those aliens prove, once their DNA analysed, to be distant cousin from us. The Federation will provide to Earth advanced technology and support against the climate change with a single condition: To trade among stars, they need pilots capable of managing hyperspace jumps and only rare humans have what it takes to survive the training and become one. To receive support, Earth has to find and provide starpilots to take its share of the load. After a careful selection, six are chosen to fly to the far away planet Adheek. There, they will try to learn their new trade. If they fail, Earth will collapse. If they succeed, it may have a chance. But no one has prepared them to what they will face to gain that chance. This debut novel was inspired by the classic “Have space suit, will travel” from R Heinlein and by the science-fiction work from LE Modesitt. It is a tale of adventure in a far land, of going beyond one’s own limits.

Download or read book Human Starpilots 1 4 written by F Stephan and published by Fabrice Stephan. This book was released on 2022-03-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To cross wormholes, human pilots need the help of nanorobots. Great? Not really. Overuse them and they will kill you. Those nanorobots are delivered by a Human Federation trading among stars. Earth is the latest planet who has joined it and requires its help to overcome its ecological collapse. The deal is simple: Earth will face help if it can provide starpilots able to survive those nanorobots. These books follow the adventures of different starpilots, the challenges they face, the rivalries and old secrets found across the stars.

Download or read book Interstellar starpilot written by F Stephan and published by Fabrice Stephan. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving was just the beginning. Now, can Brian faces his deepest fears ? He has already faced the dangers of the outlying worlds, pirates and mad AIs, surviving, but with deep scars. He has also made powerful enemies along the way. Separated from his friends, facing both jealousy from colleagues and hatred from enemies, and with a new set of skills to master, the odds stack up against Brian while everyone else is betting against him. Can he find new allies and new strengths? In the paradise of the perfectly balanced Core World, can Brian find his own place? Interstellar Starpilots continues the explorations that began in Human Starpilots. If you like classic Robert Heinlein tales mixed with speculative L. E. Modesitt Jr. adventure you are going to love this exciting new adventure

Download or read book I dream of stars written by F Stephan and published by Fabrice Rigaux. This book was released on 2021-10-24 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A politician who faces death to run for election... The crew of a generation ship confronted to the hardest decision... Cyber-induced nightmares and no one to turn to... Sometimes funny, sometimes dark, those stories explore different facet of our futures. They revisit old golden-age themes but with modern twists. This book incorporates previously published 6 long stories, more than 40 flash fictions and more than 20 images created by Michel Rigaux for that anthology. Written and illustrated by a father and a son passionate about science-fiction and fantasy, join us in our adventures.

Download or read book Space Station Acheron written by Fabrice Stephan and published by Fabrice Stephan. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth is dying and its first starpilots are the only real hope. Tasha has survived five years of brutal training, her body transformed by a nano-technology no one fully understands. Her job: link Earth to the stars in a ten millennia old wreck, train the first-ever crew from Earth, and build a space station fit to trade with the stars. Without the eco-system stabilizing tech interstellar trade can bring, the price of her failure will be the end of all life on Earth. But as corporate interests, terrorists and even journalists oppose her day after day, it is beginning to look like an impossible task. If you love space station stories like Babylon5, don’t miss this thought-provoking story, an independent arc in the Human Federation universe. Grab it now

Download or read book Early Departure written by F Stephan and published by Fabrice Rigaux. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once humanity dreamt of stars and built space AIs to help reach them. But AIs grew beyond our control and now keep humans bottled up in the solar system. Join captain John Lester on his voyage from Titan Primary Space Station back to Earth! Written as an homage to golden age sci-fi and with specifically created images from designer M Rigaux, take a ride aboard John’s ship, in this age where humanity strives to keep its place in space.

Download or read book A child of the Federation written by F Stephan and published by Fabrice Stephan. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you are named Child of the Federation, the Federation gives you a fresh beginning and your past is erased from all databases. But Isara was named when she was barely a year old with nothing to erase. Or so she thought until forty years later, now a confirmed starpilot, she finds out that she comes from Filb, the planet which witnessed the worst catastrophe the Federation has ever known. And murders accumulate around her as she tries to dig into her own past? With no clues on why she is shot at, she must unravel her past to face present threats... How do you come of age when you are already an adult? Don’t miss this stand-alone story in the Human Federation Universe

Download or read book Starpilot s Grave written by Debra Doyle and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993-06-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beka Rosselin-Metadi is on the trail of Ebenra D'Caer, the man who arranged her mother's muder. Beka must penetrate the Magezone to find him plus stop the Magelords from exploting a weakness in the Republic's defenses and wreaking vengaeance.

Download or read book Star Magic The Xephon Alliance 7 written by Karly Maddison and published by Siren-BookStrand. This book was released on with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [BookStrand Futuristic Sci-Fi Older Hero Romance, HEA] Earthling, Annie Anster, the best alien language interpreter the Xephon-Alliance has, is scheduled on a mission with her old nemesis, the alien commander, Kel-Vyren. He's continually interfered in her life since she's known him and she's terrified he'll throw her off the mission as soon as he finds out she's on it. Her agitation rises as soon as they meet and he's not too pleased to see her either. However a sudden impromptu kiss between them unsettles her further and changes everything. She finally admits to herself she's always either loathed him or worshipped him over the years. When they crash land on an alien planet and are pair-bonded by a nomadic tribe, Annie realizes how much he really means to her. But does such a pair-bonding have any credence in the real world when they return home? And how could he possibly want her when he seems to admire the beautiful and exotic Captain Zamara of Xephon so much? ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Download or read book Alien Abduction in the Cinema written by Paul Meehan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-08-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alien abduction phenomenon is one of the enduring enigmas of our time. While the reality of alien abductions is a hotly debated topic among UFO researchers, scientists, skeptics and true believers alike, the phenomenon indisputably exists as an artifact of popular culture. This book analyzes more than 75 films that draw their inspiration from allegedly fact-based accounts of alien contact, from 1951's The Man from Planet X to Contactee in 2021. These films are examined in terms of both their cinematic qualities and their exploration of thematic elements derived from abduction reports. Abduction motifs that appear in science fiction classics such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2001 and Close Encounters are analyzed, as well as those in lesser-known films like The Stranger Within, Starship Invasions, Dark Skies and Proximity. Special attention is given to movies based on the famed experiences of abductees Betty and Barney Hill, Whitley Strieber and Travis Walton. The book also addresses skeptical theories about the origins of the phenomenon in science fiction and examines an uncanny prescience that appears to anticipate these inexplicable occurrences.

Download or read book Star Wars Star Pilot written by DK and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hop aboard the coolest starships and explore the galaxy! Discover the Naboo Royal Starship, Han Solo's Millenium Falcon and General Grievous' Invisible Hand. Read about the peaceful planet of Naboo and learn how to outwit bounty hunters and escape. Engaging topics and fun, interactive pages build reading skills in this Level 3 Reader - just right for children who are beginning to read on their own. A glossary and index at the end of the book help to develop vocabulary and reading comprehension skills. Each title in the DK Readers series is developed in consultation with leading literacy experts to help children build a lifelong love of reading. © & TM 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Download or read book 100 Things Star Wars Fans Should Know Do Before They Die written by Dan Casey and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a Star Wars fan, you've seen the movies, from A New Hope to The Last Jedi, and beyond. And of course you've probably had a faux lightsaber battle or two, pretending to be Luke Skywalker, Rey, or maybe Kylo Ren. But can you name the seven actors who have portrayed Darth Vader? Do you know how Ralph McQuarrie helped shape the world of Star Wars? Are you familiar with Deak Starkiller, Darth Plagueis, or Drew Struzan? Have you seen the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special? 100 Things Star Wars Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource for true fans of the galaxy far, far away. In this revised and updated edition, Dan Casey has collected every essential piece of Star Wars knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activites, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for viewers old and new to progress on their way to fan superstardom.

Download or read book Beth Curtis written by J. Lesley Graham and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People tended to pity Kathleen (Beth) Elizabeth Curtis. Most people assumed the thirteen-year-old was a frightened little girl, who could barely function without help. Some even suggested she be locked up in a home because she was totally blind. However, her parents raised her to be as independent as possible. Being blind was no excuse for her not to stretch her limits and do what others considered impossible for her to do. Beth awakens aboard the starship taking her from Earth back to her home world only to discover she is the only one awake on a starship that has been hijacked in mid fight. She levels the playing field by isolating the hijackers and turning off the lights before she goes on a hunt to take out the last of the hijackers. She later becomes a Star Pilot, a crew position that was only used if the navigational computer broke down and could not be repaired because Star Pilots tend to go mad, to save the passengers and the crews aboard her starship, and a second derelict starship.

Download or read book Outlaw Rising Star Pilot Series Book 1 written by Phoebe Conn and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star pilot Kara DeLeon makes an emergency landing on a former penal colony now peopled by descendants of outlaws. Obeying standing orders, Kara remains at the crash site but is captured by the captain of the guard. Instead of killing her on sight or carrying her to the city leaders, Aiden hides her in his home. But only marriage—an impossible bond between two people so different—allows Aiden to protect Kara from the city's ultimate hatred. Perhaps death is the better choice, if he could only let her go. REVIEWS: "Ms. Conn proves that the blazing fires of romance burn even more fiercely in the far reaches of outer space." ~Romantic Times STAR PILOT SERIES, in order Outlaw Rising Starfire Rising Cyborg Rising Also by Phoebe Conn... THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny HEARTS OF CALIFORNIA, in series order Hearts of Gold No Sweeter Ecstasy Tempt Me With Kisses

Download or read book Starfire Rising Star Pilot Series Book 2 written by Phoebe Conn and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When star pilot Desmond Sanchez's account of a near fatal crash in the experimental Eclipse isn't believed, he's demoted to instructor at the Alado Academy. But before classes begin, Desmond falls for Blaise Quinn, and then abruptly ends the hot affair when he learns she's a cadet. In retaliation, Blaise shares Dez's secret codes to the Eclipse with her twin brother who then vanishes with the experimental plane. Now Dez and Blaise must work together to save Blaise's twin from a web of interstellar treachery, and maybe find a way to forgive each other. AWARDS Winner, Rom-Con Best Futuristic Romance REVIEWS: "The heavens blaze with excitement as bestselling author Phoebe Conn takes us on an adventurous flight to the stars." ~Melinda Helfer, Romantic Times STAR PILOT SERIES, in order Outlaw Rising Starfire Rising Cyborg Rising Also by Phoebe Conn... THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny HEARTS OF CALIFORNIA, in series order Hearts of Gold No Sweeter Ecstasy Tempt Me With Kisses

Download or read book Star Wars in the Public Square written by Derek R. Sweet and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discourse. As a pop culture text, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars offers critical commentary on contemporary issues, marking a moment of interplay whereby author and audience come together in what Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin called collaborative meaning making. This book critically examines the series as a voice in the political dialogues concerning human cloning, torture, just war theory, peace and drone warfare.

Download or read book Star Wars Lives Adventures written by Ryder Windham and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to learn more about the most notorious Jedi and Sith from the Star Wars universe? This eBook collation of The Life and Legend of Obi Wan Kenobi, A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker, The Wrath of Darth Maul, and The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader will show you give you an in-depth look at these legendary characters.